I was raised in a tight-lipped rural culture in which even aspirin was suspect, and I was taught that real men embraced their pain as if it were their destiny.

• 我从小在在一种崇尚坚忍的乡村环境中长大，在这种环境中，一个人即使服用阿司匹林都会被认为是不坚强。我接受的教育是一个真正的男人应该像接受命运一样坦然承受他的痛苦。